Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Akiona Kimo (Last) (First) (Middle) 6775 S. EDMOND ST., STE. 300 (Street) LAS VEGAS NV 89118 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PlayAGS, Inc. [ AGS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) CFO Chief Acctg Off and Treas
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/28/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/28/2024		M		92,827	A	(1)	382,744(2)	D
Common Stock(3)	05/28/2024		F		36,528	D	$11.45	346,216(2)	D
Common Stock(3)	05/28/2024		F		21,141	D	$11.58	378,800(4)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock Unit	(1)	05/28/2024		M		92,827		(5)	(5)	Common Stock	92,827	$0	107,188	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each share of phantom stock was the economic equivalent of one share of PlayAGS, Inc. common stock. The Company settled 100% of these shares of phantom stock for shares of PlayAGS, Inc. common stock.

2. Excluded from the calculation of the amount of beneficially owned securities are 504,714 unvested restricted stock units held by the Reporting Person as of transaction date.

3. Exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16b-3(e) - payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering or withholding securities incident to the vesting of restricted shares, as approved by the Issuer's board of directors in accordance with Rule 16b-3. All of the shares reported as disposed of on this Form 4 were relinquished by the Reporting Person and cancelled by the Issuer in exchange for the Issuer's agreement to pay federal and state tax withholding obligations of the Reporting Person resulting from the settlement of vested restricted shares. The Reporting Person did not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the shares reported on this Form 4 for any reason other than to cover required taxes.

4. Excluded from the calculation of the amount of beneficially owned securities are 450,989 unvested restricted stock units held by the Reporting Person as of transaction date.

5. The Phantom Stock Units vested on the first day that the average closing price per share of the company's common stock for the prior 60 consecutive trading days exceeded $9.06 and after the award's minimum service period requirement had been met.

Remarks:

	/s/Rob Ziems, Attorney in Fact	05/30/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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